20 June 2008
In this week’s Tribune, available by subscription and from selected branches of Borders and WHSmith
Cover story: Labour intensive for the future
New general secretary Ray Collins on what he wants to see centre stage and Jon Cruddas on some radical steps to take
News
Labour MPs give ‘stealth’ support to David Davis over 42 days’ detention
Compass conference 2008 – pointers to recovery and revitalisation
Now credit crunch seems set to hit housebuilding target
Negative equanimity – EU puts ball back in Ireland’s court
Features
Graham Lane: How best to make a success of failing schools
Grassroots: Our monthly guide to activism nationwide
Ray Collins: Priorities and principles of Labour’s new general secretary
Jon Cruddas: Take courage and take a left turn
Richard Corbett: Lisbon lives; Mary McNamara: Referendum wrongs
Comment
Paul Routledge: Haltemprice have-a-go ‘hero’ kick-starts silly season
Cary Gee: Feast of football and food for thought on Europe
John Coulter: Ireland throws a spanner into the EU’s works
Tribune editorial: Right cause, wrong candidate – dangers of David Davis
Conor McGinn: Labour’s Catholics won’t tolerate bigotry; David Mills
Letters; Jeremy Dear: What’s missing from this BBC picture
Jill Palmer: To top-up or not to top-up, that is the health question
Culture
Chris Mullin: A warning to the furious about the state of television
Ivan Waterman: George Bush flying blind on a crash course
Robert Giddings: Evening all – it’s the ragged trousered John Prescott
Aleks Sierz: Middle-class angst can’t match angry young men
